George Washington Carver: Innovator and Visionary

George Washington Carver had a major impact on the world with his inventions, his amazing art, his innovations, and what his innovations lead to after his death.
While he was very young he had a deep love for plants. He didn’t know it yet, but when he grew up, he would be a master at cross-breeding plants. With his skills in making hybrid crops, he created a new cotton, not very cleverly named, Carver’s Hybrid. Cross breeding plants was still a new concept, so he and a few other people all around the world popularized it. Later, when he was in his late twenties and early thirties, he was helping with the the cotton that was taking up all of the hungry civilian’s land. He knew different plants need different things, so he came up with the idea

Franklin D Roosevelt dedicated $30,000 dollars towards the first national monument ever devoted to an African American. It is 210 acres and includes a statue of Mr.Carver, a nature trail, a museum, and a cemetery. Also, the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis created a George Washington Carver garden, and has a life-sized statue of him. Over time, the government named places and vessels after Mr.Carver, and they also established a commemorative coin as well as stamps. Numerous schools are named after George Washington Carver. Also, two U.S. military vessels bear George Washington Carver’s name. Eventually, in 1948 and 1998 he appeared on two postal stamps in memory of George Carver. A half dollar was made in memory of George Washington Carver; it was minted between 1951 and 1954. He was even admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame almost half a century after his death. Throughout his life he stated some amazing and inspirational quotes including, “Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses” and “When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the